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Who is the most famous person you know
Posted by cornishmanc on 1 December 2009 - 6:33pm.
Can you name someone famous you know well-enough to be on first-name terms with. No dirt-dishing, just name-dropping.
Best I can do - and it is years since I have seen him - is Kevin Kennedy (Curly in Corrie).
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Mark Ellen.
First name terms.
At least someone calls him Mark...
I'm sure I've heard it said that most folk call him David.
I'm sure he would say the same, David...
..oh wait a minute..Tony Blair.
Harry Hill
Ben Miller
Ant
Dec
and, er, GMTV's Richard Arnold
Ben Miller's dad
taught me at college.
Does this count?
:-)
Only
if you used to call him by his first name and not "Sir" and he didn't just call you by your surname.
Well
I knew him as Mick, and he knew me as 'thingy' - so I was halfway there.
Harry Hill
I think this trumps the fact that I used to know someone who lived next door to Harry Hill.
There's only one way to sort it out....
FIGHT!
Andrea from The Darling Buds
... is a friend of my ex-brother-in-law.
I once sat next to her while she breastfeed her child, which was a strange moment.
Who's more famous ?
Pat Nevin / James Grant / Bobby Gillespie ? Whichever one is more famous will be the winner.
(I guess Pat is most generally widely known, but the other two are well known in different circles)
Pat, deffo
He is known and respected in both football and music circles.
Famous to me
And I know Elhombremalo. I call him El.
Like Paul Simon Said
"You can call me El".
Eno - I used to co-habit with his sister.
He's bloody good at Scrabble*.
*(I don't think this counts as dirt-dishing...)
And ironically
he's only worth 3 points
9 on a triple word score.
Which is doubtless where he'd place it.
I only observe this due to an utter lack of famous friends.
My missus went to university with someone who was in Eastenders. I met her once. She was dull.
There ain't half been some clever bastards
The last time I played Eno at Scrabble, he used up all his letters (50 point bonus) with 'janitors' on a triple word score to win the game.
He then claimed as his prize the last piece of the best Xmas cake ever :-(
Though being well brought up, Arlette and I would probably have offered it to him anyway...
That must have been
an Oblique Strategy he used :-)
This may now
be my favourite famous person story ever. Thankyou!
That is certainly
my favourite reply ever. Thank you, Joe.
I had a chat with Roger Eno at lunchtime - he was the first of the clan I knew - in which he shared an insight into his recent professional engagements. And I'll be seeing Arlette on Wednesday.
Me and those Enos, eh?
:-)
A pedant wonders...
Would 'eno' be allowed in Scrabble?
To "eno" (verb)
: The process where a pop band ships in egg-headed enormo brained "non musician" Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno to add gnomic musings to process of making a pop beat combo album of songs.
"yeah, not sure about this one it's a bit flat do you think we can afford to "eno" it?
Genesis coined the word "Enossification"
for that very process when they go him in to sprinkle his fairy dust over The Lamb
Boz
Boorer.
Diamond fellow.
Christina Aguilera
Nick Griffin
Phil Oakey
Michael Winner
Genesis P Orridge
Now that
would make a great episode of Come Dine With Me
I have never wanted to be anyone more
than the way I currently want to be you.
Genesis P Orridge
and Phil Oakey, am impressed. Living in Sheffield i've seen Mr Oakey wandering around many times, but don't know him, bit of a hero of mine to be truthful, so don't know whether I'd like to meet him?
Personally, I don't know anyone famous?
Big Tony
who used to be Simon Cowells minder. (I don't get out much)
A bloke who used to do
the lower league round-up for Talk Sport on Sunday mornings.
And Jesus.
Oh I left out
Daryl "the Dazzler" Fitton, darts player.
famous
Pam Howes author..book "Three Steps To Heaven" first part of a Rock N Roll trilogy..she's my sister.....
Tony Christie
Lovely man. Very quiet offstage, dedicated family sort.
I worked, and became very good friends, with one of his daughters years ago.
Last time I saw him was just before Amarillo at his daughters house where we drank a bottle of red wine and discussed AC/DC at some length.
His equally lovely wife has sent us a Christmas card already.
Eric Bell
from Thin Lizzy - 'Whiskey In The Jar' etc. Splendid chap. (Would be great Word interviewee, although sadly no beard).
Nigel Hailey from our
primary school claimed that when he went to Sheff to see his nan every Saturday he used go up Sheff high st and hang out with "the Mods" one of which was Paul Weller. Who at the height of his fame chose apparently to hang out with 11 years boys outside Hagenbachs the bakers instead going drinking with Bananarama or the Bellestars in that London. Nigel Hailey was a liar but is now a fireman well at least he says he is.
I am Ringo Starr though if that helps.
I know the guy
this forthcoming film is based on:
http://extraordinarymeasuresthemovie.com/
The film bears only a passing resemblance to reality though.
The members of Shakatak and
Showaddywaddy. Been a while, though.
Bobby Murdoch (now deceased)
Give my regards to Keith out of Shakatak.
My most famous name drop is Judy Dyble. I call her Dame Judy, she calls me Skirky.
David "Hep" Hepworth
He writes to me every month and sticks the letter into my subscription copy of The Word. Now that's what friends are for.
Tony Smith
Manager of Genesis and Phil Collins - my second cousin.
I am on first name terms with
Paul mc cartney
bob dylan
bruce springsteen
robert plant
morrissey
neil ypoun
nick vave
noel gallagher
thom yorke
mick jagger
bono
van morisson
and jimmy who brings my medicine
Hmm...
Probably Walter Smith, manager of Glasgow Rangers.
i know
Sam Duckworth of Get Cape Wear Cape Fly and my mate is married to Alison Moyet.
I'm not on first name terms...
... but a mate went to school with Kevin McKidd of Trainspotting and Rome fame. He refers to him as "Kev." This impressed me.
Kev
Ah!
Kevin McKidd used to be a regular customer at my bookshop in Camberwell. The first time I saw him come through the door I immediately tensed up thinking "Shit! Malky Johnstone!"
(Small Faces - almost as good a film as a band)
Ah, Kev
I was very good pals with Kevin McKidd at the end of primary school and the start of our time at Elgin Academy. We kept in touch for several years after I moved away in second year. A very funny, clever chap. We didn't call him Kev but something considerably more embarassing, which I shan't reveal.
I "heart" Alison Moyet...
That is all
Also...
Durham and (sometime) England cricketer Phil Mustard. Our partners are friends. I still know nothing about cricket.
Sorry,
Mustard doesn't cut it :-)
Durham team-mates .....
Phil Mustard and Graham Onions.
A headline writers dream.
Even better than that!
I read somewhere that Phil once played in the Middlesbrough FC youth team alongside two lads with the surnames Salt and Pepper.
Even better than that!
I read somewhere that Phil once played in the Middlesbrough FC youth team alongside two lads with the surnames Salt and Pepper.
Anna Ford...
Bob Harris
And from a few years ago...
Johnnie Walker
Gary Crowley
Johnnie Walker once bought me a pint
Though he will have no memory of it, probably.
It was during the first Gulf War when I was a lowly clerk at the Foreign Office. At the time, to cope with the vast amounts of paperwork, a Middle East Department Emergency Unit was set up. It operated day and night but in reality most of the Diplo's involved were of course tucked up at home at night-times so there was little of any real urgency to do after normal hours. One of my colleagues was a stunning young lady who took to listening to Johnnie Walker's show in the unit in the evenings. She called in to the show regularly and for a brief time she became a bit of a fixture.
Eventually, Johnnie, on air, asked her out for a drink. She accepted but insisted on dragging a few of us along with her.
We rendezvous'd at The Clarence on Dover Street opposite The Ritz. Mr Walker pulled up outside on his Harley, strode in and with vast good grace bought all of us a pint. Then he got stuck into chatting up my mate!
All I know is this episode is not in his autobiography. I checked the index for my name when it was published...
Tony Capstick.
although sadly he's no longer with us.
Still living?
Nick Duncalf (he reads the travel on 5 Live)
The nice lady who's the current star of the Cillit Bang adverts (i.e. not Barry Scott).
All the BBC7 presenters.
OK, not the most impressive list, I admit.
I always
think they are announcing Nick Dummkopf although I know that cannot be the case.
indeed
I believe he got teased with that one at school...
Is that his surname?
I thought he was Nick Duncalffivelivetravel.
Crucial Three
Simon Pegg
Pete Wylie
Ian McNabb
...and Lancashire opener Paul Horton
OK then
Christine Collister
Sandie Shaw
Annabel Lamb
Marie Claire D'Ubaldo (amazing singer and songwriter, she wrote the only Celine Dion song I can stand, Falling Into You, and a few other hits for other people)
Jeremy Swift (actor - Gosford Park, The Smoking Room and others)
I also went to school with, and knew quite well, Jason Flemyng (actor), James Coomarasamy (BBC journalist) and Nick Foulkes (London dandy).
Can you ask Annabel
Why her top version of Riders On The Storm is not available on CD or download please?
Probably...
... Hugh Grant. We went to the same secondary school. Although I have to admit it's been 32 years since I saw him so I doubt he would recognize me if we met tomorrow.
I was good friends with Troy Tate, ex-Teardrop Explodes, ex-Fashion & Smiths producer. He rented the basement flat from my step-mother when he was still an art student.
new
Len Ganley ,snooker referee and star of HMHB classic The Len Stanley Stance.
Neil Lennon,former Celtic captain and recipient of a nasty boot on the head by nice guy Alan Shearer.
And very soon I will be on first name terms with a Mr Santa Claus.
Two of the Lurgan's Holy Trinity
Painty, all you need now is Gerdy Taggart and you have the set
new
I know Gerdy Taggert but didnt put him in as I though no-one would know him Paddy. We played football together for The Clanns!
Ron Sexsmith
Nice guy.
now I'm envious!
That's pretty wow. He's AMAZING.
Amazing indeed ...
...but very busy.
We live in the same city (Toronto) but last time I spoke to him was in London In May at the RAH where he supported Nick Lowe.
This bunch...
I saw the TSOOL
weblink in your profile, Retro, and, in light of this and your numerous mentions of Sweden I assumed you were actually IN the group (one of the two on the left on their site pic). I think it is so fantastic that one of them has based his "look" so meticulously on John Phillips.
I trust that you've seen these beauties:
http://audioporncentral.com/2009/01/swedish-dance-bands-from-the-70s.htm...
http://www.uncoached.com/2009/01/29/15-unbelievable-pictures-of-swedish-...
He he...
Nope, I am not in the band, as you should be able to see from my profile photo - I do, however act as a stunt double for Frank Black.
I do believe however, that they are the perfect Word reader's band - taking in Classic Rock, Punk, Psychedelia, double concept albums and a huge amount of facial hair. I await their cover issue sometime in 2010!
I also certainly do not appear (not that I know of anyway) in the "unbelievable pictures of Swedish dance bands of the 70's" web-site! (which I can't access due to "nudity" by the way...).
My parents
had a number of famous friends including "Ewan & Peggy". Who came to parties at our house. Just boring friends of my parents, obviously. No interest there.
Kirsty & Paddy played with my brother and sister (but were of course two young & brattish for me to notice).
Regrets, moi? Not many, but I do regret the opportunity I turned down in the early 70s to meet a young Scottish nurse & singer my mother knew (she (mum) was a hospital receptionist in S. London). I can't be certain now but I rather suspect it was Sandy Denny. Ouch
My name is Lister
I know dentists, doctors and solicitors...
You bunch of work shy fops.
I did see Steve Miller in a guitar shop in New York last month though.
Lister
...and I trust you'll be writing to your local ombudsman, Mr Lister.
By the way, love your "Cats" T-shirt.
See ya!
The "Cats" T shirt was worn by Wavy Davy, wasn't it?
You lying get!
Howzat?
Former England fast bowler Dean Headley is a good chum, as is Ed Tudorpole. Our 14-year-old sons went to see The Specials on Friday at Hammersmith, the bastards didn’t invite their dads.
The Stoke Newington road we used to live in was home to Phil Daniels and Mark Bedford.
Samantha Morton was our neighbour before she hit the big time and when she lived with Charlie Creed-Miles. In fact, her first daughter had a few cardigans knitted by my mother and passed on by Mrs P.
Also on first-name terms with several of MPs, but that’s nothing to boast about these days, apparently.
Ed Tudorpole
lives in the street around the corner from me. Never spoken to him but he has a great car.
Whoops...
wrong thread, sorry.
Say hello, he's friendly
Thanks to Ed I have am able to tell my kids I have met Mick Jones, Don Letts and Glen Matlock in the dressing room after a Joe Strummer gig. And Joe passed me his spliff, the butt of which lives in a box on my bookshelf
Ed Asner
Used to share an office with his production company
Sightly off-putting when in the gents to be greeted by a very loud and gruff 'Hi...hows it hanging...'
Fame by association
I have met Rob Brydon through his brother (Peter Welsh) who is a friend of mine. Pete was the bassist of Kill City and wrote the book Kids in the Riot about the Libertines. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kids-Riot-High-Low-Libertines/dp/184449716X/ref=...
Merde
A good mate of mine is Stephen Clarke, author of million seller "A year in the merde" and follow ups - he's also a good musician and we once recorded an album together!
I went to school with Stephen Morris of New Order - a dedicated prog fan back then.
No-one
diddly squat, nothing - I've no famous friends at all. Messrs Hepworth and Lewry have replied to my posts before, Andrew Collins has written my name in a "Whatever!" column and Eamonn Forde mentioned me in a tweet once (basically asking who the hell I was) but that's as far as it goes.
My Dad went to school with Nik Kershaw though. I once asked him (my Dad) what he (Nik Kershaw) was like, only to receive the reply:
"He was alright *long pause* we used to call him 'Kershaw'".
Cheers, Dad...
Ask your dad
if he knows my mate Richard Lusardi. He's always banging on about how he went to school with Nik Kershaw in Ipswich.
Was your old
man from arran Joe?
Arran?
I get the feeling something's gone over my head...
don't worry
it would involve you listening to one of NK's records and that would be a cruel punishment on such a grim grey day. You better off in your ignorance.
Nah,
it's just a riddle.
A jumper, possibly?
Yes, I know the famous Clancy Brothers attire is actually 'Aran' - back in your boxes, pedants.
Movie folk mainly
Including Hans Zimmer, Mike Hodges ("Get Carter") and the late Sidney Sheldon. The first two usually get a response from fanboys. But the one that always elicits excitement (from all boys of a certain age) is Greta Scacchi.
Call me
a boy of a certain age...
Ed Byrne (though I've not
Ed Byrne (though I've not seen him for ooh 10 years), Rollo McGinty from the Woodentops who's a friend of a friend, plus I know someone who did the sex with Kim Wilde. Beat that!
Can you ask Rollo if it's true
that he would only allow people to be in The Woodentops if they were shorter than 5ft 9ins?
Boxer
Scott Harrison
Well enough to be rude to him and not get punched
Not well enough to visit him in prison
The GLW
Kelly Dalglish / Clare Tomlinson / Jeff Stelling
through work
Tomlinson
*my heart is racing*
Please tell Jeff Stelling from me...
that he's a national treasure.
Kelly...
Saw Kelly Dalglish at the Christmas lights switch on last Friday.
Hubbada hubbada...
He mum Marina was turning the lights on, though
70s Island Records folk
70s Island Records folk "songstress" Claire Hammill runs an a-capella choir in Hastings: me and "indiejules84" of this parish are both proud, upstanding members.
70's rock stars
Don Roeser and Eric Bloom out of Blue Oyster Cult..
Haven't seen them for a couple of years. If you want proof, I have a video somewhere of Eric telling me to bugger off. But he does use my name.
Blimey
Are they into their 70's already? Well, they are still rock stars to me, however old they are.
Do you call Don
"Don" or "Buck"? I've always thought Buck Dharma was one of the best of all rock pseudonyms. White suits too!
I called him Mr Dharma..
Everyone calls him Buck. Except Allen Lanier, who always seemed to refer to him as Donald. In a rather quavery voice.
Jeez....
Not only do I not know anyone famous, but you know two of the guys I idolised in my youth .... and truth be told, I'm still quite keen on. Wasn't Eric Bloom once credited on an album as playing "stun guitar"?
The nearest I can get is knowing someone at work whose son works with Bono. And my step daughter is friends with the daughter of someone in Fairport.
My brother knows...
Roy Keane, and I know my brother! I also know a producer who knows Emmylou Harris, and I know Simple Kid and The Frank And Walters! Not great I know!
Do I win a prize...
for the most use of 'know' in a post?! Also for use of terrible grammar!
A prize ?
"Know, you don't "
No-one, but...
I wonder if anyone famous posts here (Word staff apart)?
*scratches head, looks into middle distance...*
Unless I imagined it
I'm sure Wreckless Eric added his two-penn'orth to a thread (about him) in the not-too-distant past
Marco Pirroni
A lovely chap, with possibly the finest collection of guitars I've ever seen..
Chris Constaninou (ex ants bass)
I've also got Brian James (ex Damned)and Simone Stenfors on my moby
Marco
I don't know him but did have a very nice chat with him at a launch party for Bob Gruen's Clash book once - as you say - a lovely bloke.
I also first got to know about The Wolfmen directly from the great man himself when I bumped into him in Marylebone one day.
A fantastic guitarist who doesn't get much recognition sadly.
We're both comics and guitar geeks
So he sends me his cast off Graphic Novels..
Yes The Wolfmen are fab, I met Marco through Simone Stenfors, who invited me their debut gig, and we've kept in touch ever since?
Have you heard anything from the second album 'Eiffel Tower' yet..drop me a line via the contact details and I should be able to sort you some bits..
Thanks - will do Dave
I noticed they had a second album out but when I checked on e-music and i-tunes I think the release date was down as next year sometime.
Are you going along to the get-together in London?
It should be out in March
There's two versions at the mo' the Steve Musters mixes, and Courtney Taylor Taylor remix..
Did you get the last album Modernity? I managed to get a track by track guide from Marco and Chris - here if you fancy a peep..
http://planetmondo.blogspot.com/2008/09/company-of-wolves-part-1.html
May be going to the blog meet, although there's a hook up of blog-spot bloggers around the same time so I 'll see how the dates work out
Andrew Lofthouse
Australian newsreader and my best mate at Uni in the dim and distant past - still in touch. And that's it.
"Uni"
- could be the idea of a thread there - I wonder....?
Guy Evans
...out of Van Der Graaf Generator
Alison Steadman
Jonny White out of the film How to Be (not very famous yet but give him time)
Hank Wangford
Salman Rushdie
Tim Smit
My Dad
I've racked my brains and I reckon the most famous person I know is probably my Dad. He's a prominent councillor in my home town. That's the closest I can do.
And there was a lad in my class who later lost control of his car and killed six kids at a bus-stop. He was quite well-known for a while.
Is it Councillor Nimrod Ping?
He was genuinely a local government official in Torquay, I think. Did not appear to be of oriental descent either - just a brilliant name.
It was in Brighton
may still be for all I know. He also used to organise biker rock gigs...
Liz Kershaw
Once said I had an eclectic record collection on her 6Music show. or was it crap..?
Stuart Maconie thanked me for introducing him to Stackridge. Mutter Slater and Andy Davies are my friends on Facebook.
I get regular emails from Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin and have Spirogyra's Martin Cockerham on my mobile.
Patsy Kensit
Though not seen her for at least 6 years now.....
My mum still gets a Christmas card from her mum
That's amazing
Seeing as her mum has been dead for more than five years!!
Well..........
The family....
I had no idea she'd passed on....! Unless mother has been fibbing me all these years. I'm checking the Dorset post when I'm down there over Xmas. Oh, the humiliation!
It should be out in March
There's two versions at the mo' the Steve Musters mixes, and Courtney Taylor Taylor remix..
Did you get the last album Modernity? I managed to get a track by track guide from Marco and Chris - here if you fancy a peep..
http://planetmondo.blogspot.com/2008/09/company-of-wolves-part-1.html
May be going to the blog meet, although there's a hook up of blog-spot bloggers around the same time so I 'll see how the dates work out
Yes, I have "Modernity"
it is a great record. I'm off and away for a few days now so will drop you a line sometime next week.
Cheers!
RICHARD WHITELEY (RIP)
Was on first names terms with Mr Whitelely back in the late 90's, as my then partner worked at YTV as a PR for Countdown (Yorkshire YTV), and he was always trying to cop off with her - especially at the YTV xmas parties we used to go to - but eventually he capitulated and just kept buying me drinks and wanting me to solve his conundrums! Nice chap actually, loved his red wine and cricket!
Oh and apparently Roger Waters is some 'well distant cousin' of the family, but he never returns my call at xmas either... hmmm!
I can't imagine
Roger Waters 'doing' Christmas :-)
Hey! Children!
Leave those mince pies alone!
Al Gore
A childhood friend works for Al Gore and once said to me "I'll tell Al that" ... gulp
I have slept on the same sofa as Tony Blair (but not at the same time! and it was a very long time ago)
Mrs Dotcom's cousin came round last night and told us she's regularly chatted up by Christopher Eccleston in her local Stabucks
But most excitingly a good friend is mates with That Petrol Emotion and I've met them a few times
When we went on holiday this year
We made friends with a nice couple from Greenwich. She was on maternity leave. Her job was being Al Gore's PA.. She told some great tales about working with him.
Did you find
any WMD down the back of that sofa?
Hold the front page...
Brendan Shine. And Larry Gogan was at our wedding.
And I went to see David Bowie with Louis Walsh once...
There endeth the associations with fame...
Oh Dear
This thread is one of the reasons I find it increasingly hard to contribute these days.
At last -
- The opp to contribute. Noel Edmonds (good ole Noely) and Kenney Jones from all those bands. And I had that Bobby Davro in the back of my helicopter once. Oh, Oh, and I did Margaret Thatcher's seat belt up. Not that we're on first name terms, admittedly...
Myself probably
At least in terms of column inches in 2009. But more than that I'm not saying.
Blimey!
Peter Andre is amongst us!
Or possiby Gordon Brown.
You're Michael Jackson!
Admit it!
I've got it...
you're Bruce Forsyth.
avoiding the multiplication of entities,
perhaps Occam's in Razorlight?
OK, before this gets too out of hand
I was being somewhat flippant. Coverage mostly business, although all papers covered.
Most famous people I know well are a rower, two TV channel Chairmen and a 70s sitcom actor.
"A 70s sitcom actor ..."
Please tell me that you are using 'actor' in a gender neutral sense and it's Sally Thomsett ...?
I wish!
Sadly, he's very much male! Lovely though. I do know Fenella Fielding to say 'hello' to if that helps your reveries...
"Hello"
said in the style of Leslie Phillips I presume ...
list
Criky, all I do on this post is lists
Lalla Ward (Dr Who)
Julie Harris (East Of Eden)
Zoe Wanamaker (whatever)
Micky Monkey (Dolenz)
Nigel Hawthron
Marinne Faithful
Ian McKellan
Angie Bowie
To name but a few, can't remember the rest...
OK
The Archbishop of York
Mark Sams out of Alabama 3
Bilinda Butcher out of My Bloody Valentine
Nigel Eaton (the UK's premier - or as he modestly insists, only - hurdy gurdy player)
Nigel Eaton...
his hurdy gurdy prowess added no end of atmosphere to the Jimmy Page and Robert Plant reunion project back in the 1990s. He is a proper musician.
I once shared a house with
Caroline Quentins toyboy-lover-to-be and was friends with Jarrod out of the band I Monster.
Eclectic mix mine
there's a Big Brighton/Burslem connection to my list
Ian Gould- Test match umpire and Ex England Wicket Keeper. Top man
Jamie Hall ex Sussex cricketer and scorer of the Slowest ever county championship 50
Norman Cook, another good bloke
Phil "The Power" Taylor darts legend
Mark Bright ex Vale,Palace Sheff Wed and my school footy team
Lisa "Chessy" Nand from Talksport and Sky travel
John Digweed Very Famous house DJ
Ronnie Davis ex-trainer of Chris Eubank
Ok,
Ray Llewellyn, who was in the original radio production of "Under Milk Wood"
More tenuously, John Starling, late of The Seldom Scene and sometime record producer for Emmylou Harris, both through my wife. He played a session at a mutual friend's house - sadly, he didn't bring Emmylou.
John Sessions...
Actually never met the man, but we do share the same birthday, (ie, date of birth, 11/01/1953).
Anyone beat that?
Mike Monroe
From Hanoi Rocks. (I have met him, briefly)
I think I can
I share a birthday with Radio One's Steve Wright! He's about 15 years older than me and I have never met him though.
Surely
you should take this out to the front page for a "Who Do You Share Your Birthday With?" thread of it's own!
Re: J Sessions
I was getting a drink at the NFT one evening and JS was beside me and thinking he was someone I knew, instead of a famous person I did the "hey, hello, how's it going" thing. His lack of DrJ-recognition made the penny drop...
I was born on the same day as
that bloke who used to drum with Genesis, and I used to drink in the same pub as the brother of the Groundhogs drummer
I have a cloakroom ticket in my pocket somewhere.
I was born on exactly the same day
as Usain Bolt.
I'd like to think he looks at my life and achievements with an overwhelming sense of jealousy
Someone who regularly appears on supermarket magazine covers.
Well, he can sometimes be seen driving a car on the cover of one of the motoring magazines stocked by my local branch of Sainsbury's.
While working in a bar in London
...many years ago, I helped refresh a motley assortment of sleb lovelies.
Mark E Smith (snarled scarily when I told him I was a fan)
Terry Hall (a bundle of nerves, soon scared off when recognised by some beered-up City blokes)
Jason Pierce of Spiritualized (Very fond of our house rose wine)
Members of the Beta Band
Talvin Singh (Used to refer to himself in the third person)
Kylie (a mint julep)
Jarvis Cocker (Had to be kicked out one night and really did say to the bouncer 'Do you know who I am?'!)
Janet Street Porter (got into a fight with a barman, something to do with her change. Can't remember what, but manager had to be summoned)
Tony Wilson (purple toenail polish, sandals)
Neil Tennant (A proper gent)
Ugh
I hate name dropping. I know I know, I should just read another thread. But I couldn't resist.
Anyway, my own "famous friend" Top Trump is woeful...
Michelle McManus from X Factor: I used to know her (briefly), and I once accompanied her on guitar when she sung a Celine Dion song. Under duress. Never again.